14th October -
African final round qualifying
underway. The first leg matches have begun in the final round of
World Cup qualifiers in Africa. The two legged play-offs will determine
the five qualifiers from the African continent.

11th October -
Germany, Switzerland and Belgium
all booked their places at the 2014
World Cup finals in tonight's European qualifying. For all results,
remaining fixtures and group tables follow the links below.

16th September -
Draw made in Africa for the final
qualifying round. The ten qualifiers from Round 2 have been drawn in
five two legged play-off fixtures to determine Africa's five
representatives at the World Cup in Brazil. Find all fixtures for the
final qualifying round in Africa below.

10th September -
Costa Rica and the USA
have qualified for the 2014 World Cup from CONCACAF. Goals from Eddie
Johnson and Landon Donovan gave The Stars and Stripes a 2-0 victory over
Mexico while Costa Rica picked up the point they needed in
a 1-1 draw in Jamaica.

Argentina booked their place in
Brazil tonight with a 5-2 thumping of Paraguay in Asuncion. The
South American group is very tight now with just four points separating
2nd and 5th place. The top four qualify, with fifth place playing Asia
play-off winner Jordan for a place in the finals.

8th September -
All the important results are in in
Africa and previous World Cup stars Cameroon are the last African nation
to make it to the final round in Africa. A tense final match against
leaders Libya ended 1-0 to the Indomitable Lions and sees them join Ethiopia, Tunisia, Ivory Coast, Ghana,
Egypt, Algeria, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, and Senegal in the play-off
round.

The draw for the play-off round will be
made on 16th September and all fixtures will appear here.

6th September -
After tonight's games there are now only
three rounds of fixtures to go in Europe and several teams are on the
brink of qualifying for Brazil. Belgium are only a point away
from qualifying after a 2-0 win in Scotland in
Group A.
Italy need only 2 more points in
Group B
following a 1-0 win over closest rivals Bulgaria.

In
Group C,
Germany are five points clear with three games left as they beat
Austria 3-0. Despite a shock 2-2 draw in Estonia, only
achieved through a stoppage time penalty from Robin Van Persie,
Holland still look a shoe in for Brazil with a six point lead in
Group D.

Switzerland shared eight goals
with Iceland in
Group E but
still enjoy a four point cushion while Spain look to have finally
shaken off France in
Group I -
needing only one more win to book a place at the final stages.

For all results and a full qualifying
fixture list with tables follow the links:

South America World Cup qualification is
approaching its conclusion and Colombia and Chile took
massive strides towards Brazil last night as both secured home
victories. Uruguay are still sweating on an automatic place
despite a 2-1 win in Peru.

18th June -
Phew!Australia squeezed
past Iraq today to qualify for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The
Socceroos struggled against the bottom side in
Group B
of Asian qualifying before substitute Josh Kennedy stepped up on 83
minutes to score the vital goal as the Aussies join Japan in the
final stages.

Elswhere in Asia, Iran and
South Korea booked a place at the 2014 World Cup finals from
Group A.
Iran beat South Korea 1-0, but Uzbekistan needed to
beat Qatar by seven clear goals to qualify - and miss out despite
thumping the 2022 World Cup hosts 5-1.

17th June - With just one
round of games to go, qualifying in Africa is really beginning to take
shape as six nations qualify for the final round following the latest
qualifiers.

In
Group AEthiopia knocked out 2010 hosts South Africa with a 2-1
win in Addis Ababa. A point in Equatorial Guinea was enough for
Tunisia to advance from
Group B,
while Ivory Coast cruised through
Group C
with a 4-2 win in Tanzania.

Ghana go through in
Group D
courtesy of a 2-0 win in Lesotho and are joined in the final
round by Egypt who maintained their 100% record in
Group G
thanks to a 1-0 win in Mozambique. Finally in
Group HAlgeria's narrow 1-0 win in Rwanda was enough to see them
win the group with one game to spare.

4th June -
Japan become the first nation to
join hosts Brazil as they qualified for the 2014 World Cup. A
penalty in injury time from Keisuke Honda gave the home side the point
they needed against Australia in
Group B
of Asia qualifiers - leaving the Socceroos sweating on a place in the
top two in the group, as Oman beat Iraq to go two points
clear in second.

Group A
remains too close to call, with the top three sides separated by a
point. Iran beat hosts Qatar 1-0 while South Korea
could only muster a draw in Lebanon.

There were two games in Africa today in
Group 6 of African qualifying. Nigeria warmed up for the
Confederations Cup
with a 1-0 win in Kenya while Namibia and Malawi
drew a blank in a 0-0 draw in Blantyre.

26th March - European qualifying
continues and there is no doubt where the biggest game was tonight
as Spain faced France in
Group I.
Spain had slipped up at the weekend against Finland but there were no
such problems tonight as a second half Pedro goal gave the World Cup
holders all three points in Saint-Denis.

Elsewhere, the top two sides in
Group H
clashed as England travelled to Montenegro. Wayne Rooney's
early goal was cancelled out by a Damjanovic tap-in as the points were
shared.

Belgium and Croatia are
nine points clear in
Group A as
both recorded narrow wins over Macedonia and Wales
respectively.

22nd March - 2014 World Cup
qualifying resumes in Europe - And there was a shock in
Group I as
2010 World Cup winners Spain were held to a 1-1 draw at home to
Finland. The
result now gives France the upper hand before next week's top of
the table showdown as they won
3-1 against Georgia.

Germany and the Netherlands
power ahead in
Group C and
Group D respectively as both recorded 3-0 wins. Russia's
match against Northern Ireland in
Group F was a
victim of the wintry conditions hitting the UK, but neither Israel
nor Portugal could take advantage as they shared the spoils - and
six goals - in Ramat Gan.

The top of the table clash in
Group G saw
Bosnia-Herzegovina overcome Greece to take a three point
cushion into the summer fixtures while in
Group H,
England hammered an abject San Marino 8-0 but were prevented
from going top of the table with Montenegro winning by a single goal
with a late Vucinic strike in Moldova.

A full programme in
South America
qualifying saw Uruguay take a late lead at home to bottom
side Paraguay with a Luis Suarez goal - before throwing away all
three points with four minutes left as the game finished 1-1.
Argentina march on to Brazil following a comfortable 3-0 victory
over Venezuela and now need only three more wins from their last
six to guarantee qualification. In other games Colombia took a
major step towards the finals with a 5-0 thrashing of Bolivia and
Peru kept alive their slim chance of an automatic berth with a
1-0 home win over Chile.

The
final round in
CONCACAF qualifying is underway and things remain tight in the early
stages. The USA bounced back from an opening day defeat with a
1-0 win over visitors Costa Rica while the other two games were
deadlocked. Panama held Jamaica to a 1-1 draw in Kingston
and a Javier Hernandez brace was not enough to beat Honduras as
the home side came from behind twice to take a point against Mexico.

6th February - The
fourth and
final round in CONCACAF kicked off today with the final six nations
all playing in the first round of fixtures. Honduras took an early lead
in the group with a 2-1 home win against the USA. Mexico fought out a
goalless draw with Jamaica in Mexico City while Panama and Costa Rica
drew 2-2.

14th November -
Asian World Cup qualifying breaks for the winter - and it's Japan
who will be happiest over the winter as they stretched their lead in
Group B
to 8 points with a 2-1 win in Oman.
Group A
provided a shock as Uzbekistan travelled to Tehran to beat
Iran 1-0. Group A is too close to call with the next fixtures in
March 2013.

There were two games in Europe tonight
and Montenegro go top of
Group H after
a comfortable home win over whipping boys San Marino. In
Group F,
Northern Ireland left it late to grab a point at home to
Azerbaijan. David Healy's equaliser came in the 96th minute as the
game finished 1-1.

16th October - Another round
of World Cup qualifiers were played tonight in Europe, although there
was no game in Warsaw where Poland were supposed to meet
England in
Group H. The match was called off due to a waterlogged pitch and
will now be played tomorrow (Wednesday 17th). Montenegro
capitalised with an impressive 1-0 win over Ukraine in Kiev.

A remarkable game in
Group C saw
Germany go 4-0 up against Sweden before collapsing in the
final half hour to give the Swedes a point in a 4-4 draw.

The Netherlands won the top of the
table clash in
Group D, thumping hosts Romania 4-1. Elsewhere in the group,
Turkey look in real trouble after going down 3-1 in Hungary
and are now 9 points off the top of the table.

The biggest game of the night was played
in Madrid where Spain faced France in
Group I. A
25th minute goal from Sergio Ramos gave the hosts the lead - but Arsenal
striker Olivier Giroud struck deep in stoppage time to give the French a
share of the spoils.

Round three in the CONCACAF region is now
over with six nations qualifying for the final round. Honduras
demolished Canada 8-1 to book their place in the final round
where they will be joined by Mexico, USA, Jamaica,
Panama and Costa Rica.

The fourth
round of qualifying Asia is at the half way point, and Australia
can feel very lucky to be sitting second in
Group B
after coming from behind to beat Iraq 2-1 in Doha. With the
scores locked at 0-0, Lucas Neill received a yellow card when a red
looked more likely - and with two goals in the last 10 minutes, the
Socceroos came from behind to bag all three points.

In
Group ASouth Korea hold on to top spot despite a 1-0 loss to Iran,
and Uzbekistan jump two places to third with a 1-0 win in
Qatar.

12th October -
There was a full round of qualifiers in
Europe tonight and the European tournament is slowly beginning to take
shape. In Group A,
Belgium laid down a marker with an impressive 3-0 victory in
Serbia. In
Group D, Romania travelled to Turkey and came away
with all three points thanks to Gheorghe Grozav's goal in first half
stoppage time.

In the big clash in
Group F,
Russia came out on top with a 1-0 win over Portugal, while in
Group G's top
of the table clash, hosts Greece and Bosnia-Herzegovina
fought out a goalless draw in Piraeus. In
Group H,
England capitalised on Ukraine dropping points in Moldova,
to go three points clear after a comfortable victory at Wembley over
San Marino.

The big clash in South America saw
Argentina blow away Uruguay thanks to a brace from Lionel
Messi and a close range tap in from Sergio Aguero. Ecuador
continued their impressive record in World Cup qualifiers with a 3-1 win
over Chile while Paraguay have tailed off in the group,
following their sixth defeat in eight games in Colombia.

CONCACAF World Cup qualifying is drawing
to a close with only Mexico assured of a place in the final qualifying
round. The last round of fixtures in Round 3 will see five more nations
take their place in the final round with.

CONCACAF qualifying continues with twelve
nations remaining across three groups. Jamaica upset the USA in Group 1,
while Mexico look comfortable in Group 2 as the only country with a 100%
record in round 3.

13th June -
All of the summer World Cup qualifier
results are in. The game of the day in Asia saw Australia and Japan
share the spoils in Brisbane. But referee Khalil Al Ghamdi is unlikely
to be very welcome in Tokyo after a bizarre refereeing performance
helped drag the under pressure Aussies back into the game. Despite the
draw, Japan still go five points clear in
Group B
as Iraq could only draw with Oman in Doha.

In
Group A
in Asia, South Korea sit top after maintaining their 100% record at home
to Lebanon. Iran huffed and puffed against Qatar but couldn't break the
0-0 stalemate in Tehran - and now sit two points behind the leaders.

There is still along way to go in the
three groups in the CONCACAF qualifying zone where Mexico and Panama are
the only two nations with 100% records after two matches. For all
results in North, Central America and the Caribbean follow the links
below.

10th June -
South America breaks for the summer -
and following the latest qualifying games, Chile sit top of the South
American World Cup qualifying group after away wins in Bolivia and
Venezuela. Paraguay have qualified for the last four World Cups but
appear to be in real trouble this time around after a disappointing
defeat in Bolivia - and now sit second from bottom in the group. There
is still a long way to go however and the next fixtures will get
underway in September.

9th June -
Round 3 qualifiers in the CONCACAF
region have begun. The remaining twelve nations in the North, Central
America and the Caribbean are split into three groups with six places up
for grabs in the final qualifying round. For all the results and
fixtures follow the CONCACAF links below.

8th June -
The second round of games has been
completed in Asia. Round 4 of Asia World Cup qualifying features two
groups of five and South Korea got their campaign underway with a 4-1
thumping of Qatar. The win sees the 2002 World Cup co-hosts leap to the
top of Group A on goal difference.

In Group B Australia played out a drab
0-0 draw against Oman in Muscat, while Japan top the group after
hammering Jordan 6-0.

3rd June - Round 4 qualifying
is now underway in Asia with 10 nations fighting for four places at the
Brazil World Cup. The teams are split into two groups and the qualifying
process will not be decided until June 2013. For all latest results and
fixture dates follow the links below.

1st June -
Second round qualifying kicks off over
the weekend and the first results are in. Ghana overcame a floodlight
failure and visitors Lesotho to notch up a comfortable 7-0 win in Kumasi
in Group D, while Egypt beat Mozambique 2-0 in Group G. Africa
qualifiers will be played across ten groups. For all fixtures, results
and match dates follow the Africa group links below.

Second round qualifying in Oceania got
underway at the OFC Nations Cup in the Solomon Islands which doubles as
the 2014 Oceania World Cup qualifying tournament. The tournament will be
played over nine days in Honiara with the winner advancing to the 2013
Confederations Cup. The top four from the OFC Nations Cup will advance
to Oceania third round qualifying. For all Oceania World Cup fixtures
and results follow the links below.

29th February - The final
round of fixtures in round 3 of Asian qualifying were played today and
there were goals galore as already qualified Iraq thumped Singapore 7-1
in Group A.
Bahrain demolished Indonesia 10-0 in
Group E
but it wasn't enough to make the next round as Qatar equalised four
minutes from time in Iran to get the point they needed to advance. Oman
leapfrogged Saudi Arabia in
Group D
with a 2-0 home win over Thailand, and in
Group B
it was Lebanon who squeezed through despite defeat in the United Arab
Emirates.

15th November - Argentina
came from behind to get back to winning ways in Colombia with Lionel
Messi and Sergio Aguero scoring second half goals in a 2-1 win. Ecuador
moved into the automatic qualification places with a 2-0 win over Peru
in Quito, while Chile and Venezuela jump up the table with wins over
Paraguay and Bolivia respectively.

Australia and Iran advance to the fourth
round of Asian World Cup qualifying with wins against Thailand and
Indonesia respectively. It's all still to play for in Group B however as
South Korea were shocked by Lebanon. With only one round of games left
next February, four places have yet to be claimed with Group B, Group D
and Group E going down to the wire.

11th November 2011 -
Argentina struggled once again
in South American World Cup qualifying as they were held 1-1 at home to
bottom side Bolivia. Uruguay top the group after Liverpool's Luis Suarez
hit all four goals as the two time winners demolished Chile 4-0. In
other games Colombia and Venezuela played out a 1-1 draw while Paraguay
edged out Ecuador 2-1 in Asuncion.

It's all over bar the shouting in the
second qualifying round in the CONCACAF region with all six group
winners being decided with a round of matches to spare. The six group
winners join the big guns in the third round and it's congratulations to
El Salvador, Panama, Guatemala, Canada, Antigua and Barbuda and Guyana.
All the results from North, Central America and the Caribbean can be
found at the links below.

Asian qualifying is really
taking shape now and there was joy and pain today as Jordan, Iraq, Japan
and Uzbekistan all made it through to the fourth round. But China and
2010 qualifiers North Korea are out after both were beaten by a single
goal. Australia could have booked their place in the fourth round with a
win today - but the Socceroos inexplicably lost 1-0 to Oman. For all
results, tables and fixtures for 2014 World Cup qualifying in Asia
follow the links below.

Africa World Cup qualifying kicked off
today with the preliminary round first leg matches getting underway.
Liberia are already through after Mauritius withdrew so there are 11
spots left for the group stage.

11th October -
South America's second round of
games threw up a shock as Venezuela toppled Argentina 1-0 in Puerto la
Cruz. A repeat of the 2011 Copa America final saw Paraguay and Uruguay
share the honours in Asuncion, while Chile climbed of the bottom of the
group table with a 4-2 win over Peru. Colombia kicked off their campaign
with a 2-1 win in Bolivia and now all thoughts move to November with two
match days to look forward to.

CONCACAF second round qualifying is
moving to the business end now and Panama become the first nation to
progress to the third round with a 5-1 thumping of Nicaragua in Group C.
With only two games left in the second round, there are more nations out
of contention than in with a shout of a place with the big names in
round three.

Results in from Asia - And
Australia have gone five points clear with a 3-0 win over Oman - as
Thailand and Saudi Arabia could only share the spoils in Group D. Iran
produced the performance of the round with a 6-0 thumping of Bahrain in
Group E, while China languish in third place in Group A after a 1-0 home
defeat to Iraq. Asia World Cup qualifying in round three is now at the
halfway stage with the next round of games in November. For all the
results, fixtures and tables for Asia follow the links below.

7th October -
South American World Cup
qualifiers kick off - And Argentina jumped out of the blocks with a
comfortable 4-1 victory over Chile to go top of the South America group
table. 2010 World Cup semi-finalists Uruguay also hit four as they
breezed past Bolivia 4-2. Peru and Ecuador began their qualifying
campaigns with three points with each nation bagging a 2-0 win over
Paraguay and Venezuela respectively.

Another round of matches in the CONCACAF
region was played today and the second phase is now at the half way
point. The five second phase groups are beginning to take shape as the
23 countries fight it out to join the big guns in the third qualifying
round.

3rd September -
Qualifying in the second round
in North America and the Caribbean kicked off today with six groups of
four fighting it out to join the big guns in CONCACAF round three. For
all the groups tables, fixtures and results follow the links below.

2nd September -
The third round of World Cup
qualifying is underway in Asia and the first round of fixtures have been
completed in the five groups. South Korea were most impressive, beating
Lebanon 6-0.

Japan needed a stoppage time winner to
get past North Korea in Group C while Australia narrowly beat Thailand
to go top of Group D.

Iran breezed past Indonesia 3-0 in Group
E and sit top with a two point lead after 2022 World Cup hosts Qatar
played out a 0-0 draw with Bahrain.

29th July -
The second round of Asia World
Cup qualifying is over and fifteen nations have qualified for the third
round and the World Cup draw on Saturday.

There were no major shocks in the second
round, although Palestine almost pulled off a memorable victory over
Thailand, before an equaliser deep in stoppage time saved the Thai
blushes and ensured they advanced 3-2 on aggregate.

There was controversy in Myanmar as the
match against Oman was abandoned after 40 minutes due to crowd trouble.
The visitors had just gone 2-0 up after a controversial penalty was
converted when the crowd turned its anger on the referee. Bottles and
rocks were thrown onto the pitch and proceedings were called to a halt
as the players and officials ran for cover.

18th July -
The first round of qualifiers in
North and Central America (CONCACAF) has been completed with five
nations qualifying for the second round - taking their place in the
World Cup draw at the end
of the month. Belize put their problems with FIFA behind them and
completed an 8-3 aggregate win over Montserrat to join the Dominican
Republic, the US Virgin Islands, St. Lucia and the Bahamas in the second
round. All eyes are now on Rio de Janeiro on the 30th July when the next
round of fixtures will be decided.

3rd July -The first round of 2014 World
Cup qualifying in Asia is over - and there were some extraordinary games
to get the competition underway. Laos pulled off the result of the
round, beating Cambodia 6-2 after extra time to reverse a 4-2 defeat in
the first leg. Their reward in the second round is a two legged tie
against the might of China.

Vietnam continued their high scoring
start with a huge 7-1 win over Macau. Vietnam striker Le Cong Vinh hit
four goals to add to his first leg hat-trick as he takes an early lead
in the World Cup qualifiers scoring charts.

History was made in Palestine as the
first ever World Cup qualifier was played in the troubled nation. 9000
fans turned out as the hosts held visitors Afghanistan 1-1 to ensure
their progress with a 3-1 aggregate win - and a match against Thailand
in round 2.

29th June -
2014 World Cup qualifying got
underway today in Asia with a full program of first round qualifiers.
It's a long way to Brazil from here for the lowest ranked nations in
Asia, but that didn't stop 45,000 fans turning up in Kuala Lumpur to see
Malaysia beat Chinese Taipei 2-1.

Timor-Leste have perhaps the hardest task
in round 1 Asian World Cup qualifying - they must come back from a 2-1
deficit against Nepal in the second leg, and must also play both games
away from home due to a lack of football infrastructure in East Timor.

15th June 2011
-
The first match of the 2014
World Cup qualifying process was played today when Montserrat hosted
Belize in
CONCACAF World Cup qualifying. The match was held in Trinidad and
Tobago in front of a crowd of just 100 people - and there was no
shortage of goals as Belize thumped their hosts 5-2. Belizean striker
Deon McCauley became the first player to score in the competition -
going on to complete his hat-trick for the visitors.

The second leg of the tie has since been
postponed, and Belize have been suspended by FIFA due to 'severe
interference' from the Belizean government. If the problems are not
resolved and the game cannot be played by July 10th, Belize will be
kicked out of the competition.

27th April 2011 - Draw made for the
first round of qualifying in North and Central America (CONCACAF). The
first round features the 10 lowest seeded teams in the region.
CONCACAF
qualifying fixtures and dates

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